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Of jesters and The King
I think Mitt Romney would make an acceptable vice-president. He must have been thinking that, too, when he inadvertently introduced his new running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, as “the next...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 8/23
With Labor Day and the traditional start of the fall Presidential campaign looming, Weld reminds readers that national polls showing one candidate or the other ahead are essentially meaningless. The...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 8/30
Each week until the November 6 presidential election, Weld will track the projected outcome in the Electoral College. Based on weekly analysis of polling in each state, electoral votes are awarded in a...
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Clint Eastwood: every which way but lucid
It shouldn’t have come as any surprise when Clint Eastwood was announced as the “surprise” speaker at the Republican National Convention on the night Mitt Romney would accept his party’s nomination...
View ArticleThe complexities of complexion
The circus has pulled out of Tampa, with only the scent of elephant dung in the air as a reminder of the curious parade that passed through there last week. So many freaks were available for viewing on...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 9/6
Each week until the November 6 Presidential election, Weld will track the projected outcome in the Electoral College. Based on analysis of rolling monthly polling averages in each state, electoral...
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Living in an unreality show
Let’s make ‘em think. Let’s vote no. Though loudly proclaiming there’s no money to spare, our state government is going to blow a lot of it next Tuesday on an unnecessary special election. If the...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 9/13
Leading up to the November 6 Presidential election, Weld is tracking the projected outcome in the Electoral College. Based on analysis of rolling monthly polling averages in each state, electoral votes...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 9/27
Leading up to the November 6 Presidential election, Weld is tracking the projected outcome in the Electoral College. Based on analysis of rolling monthly polling averages in each state, electoral votes...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 10/4
Leading up to the November 6 Presidential election, Weld is tracking the projected outcome in the Electoral College. Based on analysis of rolling monthly polling averages in each state, electoral votes...
View ArticleSurprise, surprise, surprise…
It is perhaps the most potent adage in politics: polls ain’t votes. Entering October, the incumbent president is ahead in most national surveys, from Rasmussen to the Des Moines Register. He’s even...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 10/11
Leading up to the November 6 Presidential election, Weld is tracking the projected outcome in the Electoral College. Based on analysis of rolling monthly polling averages in each state, electoral votes...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 10/18
Leading up to the November 6 Presidential election, Weld is tracking the projected outcome in the Electoral College. Based on analysis of rolling monthly polling averages in each state, electoral votes...
View ArticleThe vote runs aground
The girl is 19. She got a job in a small business; probably her first foray into the corporate world, such as it is. Part of her ascension to adulthood is being able to vote in a presidential election...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 10/25
Leading up to the November 6 Presidential election, Weld is tracking the projected outcome in the Electoral College. Based on analysis of rolling monthly polling averages in each state, electoral votes...
View ArticleThe election in a nutshell: what you need to know before going to the polls
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” –Franklin Delano Roosevelt The 32nd President...
View ArticleAmendments primer and sample ballot
Several proposed amendments to the 1901 Alabama Constitution are on the ballot, including Amendment 1 , which if passed would authorize for another 20 years the Forever Wild Land Trust, preserving and...
View ArticleElectoral College Scoreboard: 11/1
***See Thursday morning update at the bottom of this column For the past two months, Weld has tracked polls state-by-state to provide a weekly projection of the outcome of the November 6 Presidential...
View ArticleElection Connection: Brian Huff
Here at Weld, we know that politicians have the right to free speech and we believe in their right to exercise it. In Election Connection, we offer local politicians the chance to explain to their...
View ArticleRequiem for a scoreboard
By the time this appears in print the outcome of the 2012 Presidential race will be history. That is, at least, my fervent prayer as I write this in the wee hours of Election Eve. In that appeal to a...
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